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Zelenskyy-Trump call planned for Friday afternoon: Senior Ukraine official

Zelenskyy-Trump call planned for Friday afternoon: Senior Ukraine official

LBCI9 hours ago
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump are planning to speak by telephone on Friday afternoon, Kyiv time, a Senior Ukrainian official told AFP.
"It's being prepared for this afternoon, but everything will be clear at the last moment," the source said. The call would follow a conversation between Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin a day earlier.
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